Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Prevention & Screening
Understanding certain risk factors for acute myeloid leukemia may help to identify the disease more easily.
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow
- The disease causes cells in the bone marrow that would be producing red and white blood cells and platelets to die off
- Eventually, bone marrow begins to fill with cancer cells
Prevention & Screening: Understanding AML
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow
- The disease causes cells in the bone marrow that would be producing red and white blood cells and platelets to die off
- Eventually, bone marrow begins to fill with cancer cells
Assessing Your AML Risk
It's hard to say that something is a specific causal factor of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) because it's a disease that develops overtime. Many factors can go into helping the disease to form, Dr. George Yaghmour, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine, tells SurvivorNet. There are... Read More